This is the last communication I shall have the honor to make. It is
dictated by a sincere desire to restore a good intelligence, which
seems to be endangered by the very measure intended to consolidate it.
Whatever be the result, the United States may appeal to the world to
bear witness that in the assertion of the rights of their citizens and
the dignity of their Government they have never swerved from the respect
due to themselves and from that which they owe to the Government of
France.
I pray your excellency to receive the assurance of the high
consideration with which I have the honor to be, your most obedient
servant,
EDW. LIVINGSTON.
_Mr. Livingston to Mr. Forsyth_.
WASHINGTON, _June 29, 1835_.
Hon. JOHN FORSYTH,
_Secretary of State, etc._
SIR: After having by my note to the Duke de Broglie dated the 25th April
last made a final effort to preserve a good understanding between the
United States and France by suggesting such means of accommodation as
I thought were consistent with the honor of the one country to offer and
of the other to accept, I determined to avail myself of the leave to
return which was given by your dispatch, No,--, rather than to remain,
as I had desired to do, in England waiting the result of my last
communication.
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